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Advancing with the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda (2)

01 Jul, 2026

(57) Treasure Each Individual

1 Min(s)

01 Jul, 2026

A Buddha is a child, and the Lotus Sutra, its parents. If the parents of a thousand children are praised, those thousand children will rejoice. If one makes offerings to the parents, one makes offerings to their thousand children as well. 

From “The Drum at the Gate of Thunder” (WND-1, pg 949)

The Lotus Sutra is the parent of all Buddhas, the Daishonin says. Therefore, the benefit of dedicating ourselves to the Mystic Law is equal to that of making offerings to all the Buddhas of the ten directions and three existences. Our Soka Gakkai activities for...

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